PANews reported on December 23 that, according to Blockworks, Australian Bitcoin miner Arkon Energy completed a $110 million financing, led by Bluesky Capital Management, with participation from Kestrel 0x1 and Nural Capital. Of this, $80 million will be used for expansion in the United States, and another $30 million will be used for an AI cloud service project in a 30MW data center in Norway. Founded in 2019, Arkon Energy closed a $28 million funding round in November 2022, led by Blue Sky Capital. This was followed by a $26 million funding round in June this year.

Akron Energy, a data center infrastructure company, closed a $110 million funding round led by Bluesky Capital Management with participation from Kestrel 0x1, Nural Capital and Florence Capital. Akron Energy CEO Josh Payne said the new funds will be used to expand the company's operations, with $80 million of that going toward an additional 200 megawatts of capacity at new data centers in Ohio, North Carolina and Texas. Payne also said the company's U.S. data center portfolio is dominated by institutional-grade BitcoinMining companies.

According to PANews on August 30, according to AlexaBlockchain, Web3 infrastructure startup IronMill announced the completion of a $2.6 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Blockchain Builders Fund, Superscrypt, LongHash, Kestrel 0x1, and SevenX. It is reported that IronMill, founded in 2022, provides a comprehensive platform that not only provides basic tools for selecting circuits, but also helps integrate these circuits into on-chain and off-chain programming environments. IronMill focuses on providing software developers with tailor-made integration solutions, enabling them to seamlessly integrate zero-knowledge (ZK) technologies into new applications.

On August 30, IronMill, a Web3 infrastructure start-up company, announced the completion of a $2.6 million Pre-Seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Blockchain Builders Fund, Superscrypt, LongHash, Kestrel 0x1 and SevenX. IronMill specializes in providing tailored integration solutions to software developers, enabling them to seamlessly integrate zero-knowledge (ZK) technologies into new applications.